The true self online: Personality correlates of preference for self-expression online, and observer ratings of personality online and offline

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 171-177

  Marriott, Tamsin C ^a   Buchanan, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet; Online; Personality; Real me; True self

Indexed keywords

OBSERVER RATINGS; OFF-LINE INTERACTIONS; OFFLINE; ONLINE; ONLINE STUDIES; PERSONALITY; REAL ME; TRUE SELF;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INTERNET;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84891602652     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.11.014     Document Type: Article

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